Heel-tread pad for horseshoes



June 2, 1925.. 1,540,701

J. w. MILLER HEEL TREAD PAD FOR HORSESHOES Filed June 11, 192'4 A TTORNEYS i Patented June 2, 1925.`

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To all 107mm# may concierrtd K Be it known that l, JESSE W. MiLni1n, a citizen of therUnited States, and aresident of Red Wing, in the countyl of Goodhue and State of Minnesota, United States of America, have invented new and Improvedfleel- Tread Pads for Horseshoes, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention has relation tof resilient tread pads, and hasparticular reference to a resilient heelr tread pad for vhorseshoes,

i the same "being an improvenfient` `over my Vprior United States Patent No. 1,492,525, is-

sued April 29, 1921.

The present invention .comprehends a `heel tread pad which is particularly designedV p for use in connection with drive calk shoes and is capable of adjustment te nt theheels of shoes of various widths. p

Morespeciiically the present Vimprovement relates to a heel tread pad consisting of aV pair of transversely 'arranged pad'body se.-

tions and an improved form of connection therebetween whichserves to simplify the construction and to minimizel the cost of production.

With the above recited and other objects yin view, the invention resides in the novel construction set forth in thefollowing specification, particularlypointed out in the appended claims, and illustrated in the accompany drawings, it being understood that the right is reserved to embodimentsother than those actually illustratedherein to the full extent indicated by the general meaning of the terms in which the claims are expressed.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a bottom plan view of a horsesh-oewith a tread pad constructed in accordance with the invention, in applied position; Fig. 2 is La longitudinal sectional view @therethrough taken approximately onthe line indicated at 2 2 inFig. 1; K Fig. 3is a perspective viewfof the moved; and s,

Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional viewtherethrough, taken approximately on the line 4.--4 of Fig. 3. l

- Referring'to the drawings by characters of reference, A designates a horseshoe of the drivelcalk type which is formed at its front or toe portionand adjacent its rear endlor heel portionswith calk openings B. As illustrated the usual drive toe calk C is dri-vn eninto the openings B at ythe toe portion. In lieu of driving calks at the rear or heel tachment constituting the present yinvention,

pad rel driving engagement in the callil receiving openings, and anelastic connection between portion of theshoe,` the'heel is employed. yIn the present invention the,

pad body consists of 'a pair of transversely` arranged'` identi@allyconstriicted. sections k1() which are preferably constructedmof ai suitn able yielfdableor -cushioningmaterial such Y as rubber,` v The sections 10 in thepresentinf stance'are connected by an elastic` web 11.

`which;` is preferablyoflesserthickness than: Vthe sections .1Q'-wliiclimay` or may not be formed; integral` therewith, and thej'lowerf surface of whiclrconnecting webis disposed in a planeabove the lower surface of the pad 2, 3,' and .4 of the drawings. Each of the secofan upwardly projecting tapered stud 13 whichis designed lto be Vdriven into the call:

V` bodysections, as clearly illustrated in Figs.`

Ations has embedded therein the headed end 12v openings B at the heel'portion of the shoe Y whereby the heel tread pad isassociated with Y i the shoe. Theelasticconnecting web 11 serves to permit `relative transverse` adjustmentsl i.

of the VsectionslO in order to. compensate forr variations in the spacing ofthe calle l .openings B. In` applying the'heel' tread pad to theshoe, oneof` the studs 13 is enn gaged in one of the heel calk openings B and theconnecting web 11 Aisstretclied sufficiently to permit of the engagement of the other stud 13 in the opposite heel call; opening B, after which the studs are hammered home to `operatively associate the sections with the shoe.` The connecting web 11 then serves as 'afmeans for holding the sections 10 in alinement to prevent twisting'orV turn- `ing lof thel same when the shoe `is in use. Y

`Iclaim': 1, Y *i l1. The combination with ahorseshoeprokvided with drive calk receiving openings in the'rear end thereof, ofanrhe'el tread Vpad,

therefor comprising a pair of transversely arrang'efd'pad4 bodyV sections, eachv section 1 having anupstanding element for frictional .said sections for permittingrelative lateral movement therebetween toY varyjthe spacing between said'elements. l

2. Thecombination wi therefor comprising a pair `of transversely arranged padbody sections, each section having an upstanding element for frictional 'driving' engagement in the call; receiving Y thajhorseshoeproff y vided lwith drive calli receiving openings in the rear end thereof, of a-"heel `tread pad` openings, and -a flexible elasticconnection between saidsections for permitting relative lateral movement therebetween to vary th spacing between said elements. Y 3. The combination with a horseshoe pro'- vided with drive calli receiving `openings in,

the rearend thereof, of a heel tread pad therefor comprising a pair of transversely 'in the rear end thereof, of a heel tread pad therefor comprising a pair of transversely arrangedpad body sections, each section having an upstanding element forfrictio-nal t driving engagement inthe c alk receiving openings, and a flexible elastic Hconnecting web between said sections for permitting relative lateral movement therebetween to vary'the spacing between said elements, said web being of lesser thickness than the pad body sections.

5. The combination with a horseshoe provided vwith drive calli receiving openings in the rear end thereof, of a heel tread pad therefor comprising Ia pair of transversely arranged` pad body sections, each section having an upstanding element for frictionaly driving engagement in the calk receiving openings, and a liexible elastic connecting web betweensaid sections for permitting relative lateral movement therebetween to vary the spacing between said elements, the lower surface of said connecting web being disposed above the lower surface of the padV body sections. Y

C, Jesse ywiLLnnxi MILLE/R. Y 

